Security news

• Francisco Partners Completes Forcepoint Acquisition

  11-01-2021 19:13
  
  Francisco Partners Completes Forcepoint AcquisitionCybersecurity vendor Forcepoint has been acquired from defense contractor Raytheon Technologies by global investment firm Francisco Partners.The firm announced the closing of the transaction today. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.Forcepoint, formerly known as Websense, provides behavior-based cybersecurity solutions that protect the critical data and networks of thousands of customers worldwide by ad
  
  Read more

• (ISC)² Offers Online Exam Proctoring

  11-01-2021 18:41
  
  (ISC)² Offers Online Exam Proctoring The largest non-profit association of certified cybersecurity professionals in the world is launching an online exam proctoring pilot program.(ISC)²'s new program, announced today, will embrace the association's entire portfolio of cybersecurity certifications, including the famed independent information security certification CISSP.As of July 1, 2020, there were 141,607 (ISC)² members holding the CISSP certification worldwide.Offerin
  
  Read more

• Bridewell Appoints Martin Riley as Director of Managed Security Services

  11-01-2021 16:40
  
  Bridewell Appoints Martin Riley as Director of Managed Security ServicesBridewell Consulting has announced the appointment of Martin Riley as its director of managed security services.Riley, who has joined Bridewell’s board from today, is tasked with leading the expansion of the cybersecurity and data privacy consultancy’s managed security service (MSS) portfolio. This includes its 24/7 security operations center (SOC) and managed detection and response (MDR) service.Riley comes
  
  Read more

• Afghanistan probes air strike that killed civilians

  11-01-2021 13:38 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkDefenceTalkAfghan authorities said Monday they are investigating an air strike at the weekend which local officials say killed more than a dozen civilians, including children. Provincial...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Night-Vision Revolution: Less Weight, Improved Performance

  11-01-2021 13:36 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkDefenceTalkFor decades U.S. warfighters have benefitted from advanced night-vision technology, allowing pilots to fly low-level missions on pitch-black nights and ground forces to conduct...
  
  Read more

• Biden urged to renounce sole control of US nuclear weapons

  11-01-2021 13:31 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkDefenceTalkA former US defense secretary has called on President-elect Joe Biden to reform the system that gives sole control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal to the president,...
  
  Read more

• US Announces Controversial State Department Cyber-Bureau

  11-01-2021 13:06
  
  US Announces Controversial State Department Cyber-BureauThe US government has announced the creation of a new cybersecurity agency to align with the country’s diplomatic efforts.The Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) was finally approved by outgoing secretary of state, Mike Pompeo — over a year-and-a-half after Congress was first notified of the plans.A brief statement from the department explained that the need to “reorganize and resource” the
  
  Read more

• Over 100,000 UN Employee Records Accessed by Researchers

  11-01-2021 12:00
  Over 100,000 UN Employee Records Accessed by ResearchersSecurity researchers revealed today that it took them just hours to access over 100,000 personal records and credentials belonging to United Nations employees.A team from Sakura Samurai had decided to look for bugs to report to the UN under its vulnerability disclosure program, first probing multiple endpoints that were in scope.It initially found an exposed subdomain for UN body the International Labour Organization (ILO), according to Sak
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• High Court Rules Against Government Bulk Hacking

  11-01-2021 10:50
  High Court Rules Against Government Bulk Hacking Privacy experts are celebrating after the High Court ruled against the intelligence agencies’ use of bulk hacking for domestic targets.In 2014, Edward Snowden first revealed the use of hacking techniques to target large numbers of users simultaneously. The government relied on the issuing of “general warrants” under section 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 to do so.Non-profit Privacy International challenged the practice i
  
  Read more

• Final Trophy Active Protection Systems Delivered to US Army

  11-01-2021 09:40 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkDefenceTalkLeonardo DRS, Inc. and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel (Rafael) announced today that they have completed the delivery of Trophy Active Protection Systems (APS)...
  
  Read more

Follow @Security_UKnws on Twitter!